Stud or button.



A. HERMAN.

STUD 0R. BUTTON.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 14, 1905.

919,864;, Patented Apr. 27, 190.9.

UNITED ADOLPH HERMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

ASSIGNOR TO EISENSTADT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ST.,LOUIS, MISSOURI, ACORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

STUD on Na 919,864. Specification of BUTTON.

Letters Patent. Patented- April 27, 1909.

Application filed October 14, 1908. Serial No. 457,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPI'I HERMAN, acitizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certainnew and useful Stud or Button, of which the following is such a full,clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the artto which-it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a shirt stud or collar button, and has for itsobject the production of an article of this class which may be readilyinserted in the button-hole or eyelet of the shirt or other garment towhich it is to be applied and which will be firmly retained in thegarment and may, by proper manipulation, be readily removed therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings, in which one form of my invention is shownby enlarged views, Figure 1 is a side elevation, the parts being inposition to retain thedevice in the garment; Fig. .2*is a sideelevation, the parts being in position to allow the insertion of thedevice into the button-hole or eyelet. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig.2 but looking at the opposite side. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2but looking at right, angles thereto and having the upper part insection. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but having the parts shownin section. Fig. 6 is a section at right angles to Fig. 5.

Like marks of reference refer to similar parts in the several views ofthe drawings.

10 is the shank of the device. This shank 10 carries at its forward enda head 11 and is provided at its rear end with a bore 12 forming atubular portion at the rear end and terminating in a seat 13, the objectof which will be hereinafter described. The head 11 may be made in theform of a button, as shown in the drawings, or it may consist of asetting for a jewel, orbe of any other suitable form.

Pivoted in the tubular portion of the shank formed by the bore '12, bymeans of pivots 14, is a tubular stem 15. t This tubular stem 15 isclosed, at its outer end by means of a plug 16 preferably pointed inorder to facilitate the insertion of the device into the button-hole oreyelet. The inner as to fit a tubular extension member 17. This tubularextension member 17, is provided at its inner end with a collar 18 tolimit its movement in the stem 15, as is shown-in Fig. 5.

19 is a helical spring extending through both the stem 15 and theextension member 17 and bearing'againstthe outer ends of those parts.The end of the extension member 17 is rounded, as shown at 20 (Fig. 5)so as to fit intothe rounded seat 13 hereinbefore referred to and thushold the stem 15 in alinement with the shank 10, as shown in Figs. 2, 3and 4. One side of the tubular end of the shank 10 is provided with a U-shaped recess 21 so that the stem 15 may be swung on its pivots 14 intoa position at right angles to the shank 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.The opposite side of the stem 10 is provided with an aperture 22 throughwhich the spring 19 causes the extension member 17 to protrude when thestem 15 is turned at ri ht angles to the shank.

When the stem is rought into alinement with the shank, as shown in'Figs.2, 3 and 4, it will be evident that the device may be readily insertedin the button-hole or eyelet of the garment'to which it has to beapplied. After it is in position, the stem 15 is bent at right angles tothe shank 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and5; Owing to the rounded form of theseat '13 and the end 20 of the extension member 17, the stem can be bentwithout any undue pressure. These parts, however, hold the stem andshank in alinement with sufficient rigidity to allow the ready insertionof-the device. When it is desired to remove the device from the garment,it is simply necessary to place the finger and thumb on the end 16 ofthe stem 15 and on the end 20 of the extension member 17 and thus forcethe extension member into the stem until the stem can be again drawninto alinement with the shank 10.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a stud or button, the combination with a head, of a shank carriedthereby and tubular at its rear end, a stem pivoted in said shank, anextension member carried by said stem, said shank being provided at oneside with a U-shaped recess to allow said stem to end of the stem 15 isslightly contracted so i be turned at right angles to said shank and atthe side with an aperture for said extension member, and a spring foroperating said extension member through said aperture.

2. In a stud or button, the combination with a head, of a shank carriedthereby and provided at its rear end with a tubular part terminating ina seat, a stem pivoted in said shank, an extension member carried bysaid stem, said shank being provided at one side with a U-shaped recessto allow said stem to be turned at right angles to said shank and at theother side with an aperture for said exextension member into engagementwith said seat to lock the shank and stem in alinement and for operatingsaid extension member through said aperture.

in a stud or button, the combination with a head, of a shank carriedthereby and provided at its rear end with a tubular member terminatingin a seat, a tubular stem pivoted in said shank, a tubular extension1110111 ber telescoping with said stem, said shank being provided at oneside with a U-shaped recess to allow said stem to be turned at rightangles to the shank and at the other with an aperture for said extensionmember, and a spring extending through said stem and extension memberfor holding said extension member in en gagen'ient with the seat to lockthe shank and stem in alinement and for operating said extension memberthrough tension member, and a spring for holding said said aperture.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and aflixed my seal inthe presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH HERMAN. [In s] Witnesses W A. ALEXANDER, ELIZABETH BAILEY.

